Donations amounting to more than ₹ 1.30 crore have been collected so far for the proposed Babri Masjid-style mosque announced by suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, leaders close to the legislator claimed on Monday.

According to them, ₹ 37.33 lakh in cash has been counted from four donation boxes and one sack, while online contributions via QR codes have reached ₹ 93 lakh.

They said seven more sealed donation boxes are yet to be opened.

Kabir laid the foundation stone of the mosque at Rejinagar in Murshidabad on Saturday amid unprecedented security, deliberately choosing December 6, the anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, a move that injected fresh political heat into an already polarised poll-bound Bengal.

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